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This recently came out about a study released in the journal Neurology. - Dave
MS in Blacks Linked to Low Vitamin D
Climate and geography may play a role in low levels, study suggests
TUESDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- Black people with multiple sclerosis are more likely to have vitamin D deficiencies than blacks who don't have the disease, a new study shows.
The study, published in the May 24 issue of the journal Neurology, also said the deficiency is due primarily to differences in climate and geography.
"MS is not as common in African-Americans as it is in whites, although the disease tends to be more severe in African-Americans," study author Dr. Ari J. Green, of the University of California, San Francisco, said in an American Academy of Neurology news release.
"We have known that vitamin D levels are associated with MS and that African-Americans are at increased risk for having low vitamin D levels, but little research has been done to look at vitamin D levels in African-Americans with MS," he said.
Full Story:
http://health.usnews.com/health-news...-low-vitamin-d
MS in Blacks Linked to Low Vitamin D
Climate and geography may play a role in low levels, study suggests
TUESDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- Black people with multiple sclerosis are more likely to have vitamin D deficiencies than blacks who don't have the disease, a new study shows.
The study, published in the May 24 issue of the journal Neurology, also said the deficiency is due primarily to differences in climate and geography.
"MS is not as common in African-Americans as it is in whites, although the disease tends to be more severe in African-Americans," study author Dr. Ari J. Green, of the University of California, San Francisco, said in an American Academy of Neurology news release.
"We have known that vitamin D levels are associated with MS and that African-Americans are at increased risk for having low vitamin D levels, but little research has been done to look at vitamin D levels in African-Americans with MS," he said.
Full Story:
http://health.usnews.com/health-news...-low-vitamin-d